和平: peace, peaceful...
甭: (dialect) very...
完毕: to finish, to end, to complete...
当年: that very same year, the past time...
难: disaster, distress, to scold, corner (sb); put sb in a difficult position; put sb on the spot...
退步: to do less well than before, to make a concession, setback, backward step, leeway, room to maneuver, fallback...
传承: to pass on (to future generations), passed on (from former times), a continued tradition, an inheritance...
惹祸: to stir up trouble, to invite disaster...
度过: to pass, to spend (time), to survive, to get through...
有力: powerful, forceful, vigorous...